Posterior clinoid processes

Posterior clinoid processes

Sphenoid bone. Upper surface. (Posterior clinoid process labeled at upper left.)

Base of the skull. Upper surface. (Caption for posterior clinoid process visible at center left. Sphenoid bone is yellow.))
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Identifiers
Latin Processus clinoideus posterior
Dorlands
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p_34/12667375
TA A02.1.05.011
FMA 54696

Anatomical terms of bone

In the sphenoid bone, the anterior boundary of the sella turcica is completed by two small eminences, one on either side, called the anterior clinoid processes, while the posterior boundary is formed by a square-shaped plate of bone, the dorsum sellæ, ending at its superior angles in two tubercles, the posterior clinoid processes, the size and form of which vary considerably in different individuals. The posterior clinoid processes deepen the sella turcica, and give attachment to the tentorium cerebelli.

Posterior clinoid process

Etymology

Clinoid likely comes from the Greek root klinein or the Latin clinare, both meaning "sloped" as in "inclined."

References

This article incorporates text in the public domain from the 20th edition of Gray's Anatomy (1918)

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